Advice please !
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Hi,
Well I just finished a job for an event party and I'd like to have your experts opinion.
Actually, I'd rather say I need some advice on lighting. Not as much on 3d lights (I sure need to improve things in that area too...) but more on post-pro lighting.I was asked to add some colored lights on the ground of the picture below and I don't know how to do it so that it blends well with the rest of the picture... SO if any of you have a tutorial to redirect me to or even a short explanation on how to achieve this miracle
, this would be great !
Oh and I'm not very satisfied with the lady who's supposed to be suspended in the air from a rail... Did a face me component but the shadows are wrong : any idea how to correct that also ?
So thanks again !
Keep It Real !
Nicolas
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Leminilab: If you have access to Twilight render (on PC) you can add lights quite easily (I'm sure Kerkythea or others would do the job as well). Otherwise, you will need to add them in post as you suggest. This is not complicated, but requires some experimentation. In Photoshop one way to do it is to add a layer above your rendered image (Screen blend mode) and using a soft brush in the right color begin to paint over the areas where the light would be cast. For each color of light create a separate layer. Reduce the opacity of the brush as you get farther from the light source. There are other ways to achieve this with layer masks, all depends on what you prefer to do. If you take time you can actually achieve a result that is just as good if not better than using render software.
I agree that light is needed in the low foreground to give a little more interest to the image. Keep in mind though, that adding light there will expose the two-dimensionality of the people, so I wouldn't shed much light on them. As for the lady in the frame I don't see the problem you are seeing, because I don't know where the light source is.
I think this is a great image..really sets a mood for the space.
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@red_shift said:
Leminilab: If you have access to Twilight render (on PC) you can add lights quite easily (I'm sure Kerkythea or others would do the job as well). Otherwise, you will need to add them in post as you suggest. This is not complicated, but requires some experimentation. In Photoshop one way to do it is to add a layer above your rendered image (Screen blend mode) and using a soft brush in the right color begin to paint over the areas where the light would be cast. For each color of light create a separate layer. Reduce the opacity of the brush as you get farther from the light source. There are other ways to achieve this with layer masks, all depends on what you prefer to do. If you take time you can actually achieve a result that is just as good if not better than using render software.
I agree that light is needed in the low foreground to give a little more interest to the image. Keep in mind though, that adding light there will expose the two-dimensionality of the people, so I wouldn't shed much light on them. As for the lady in the frame I don't see the problem you are seeing, because I don't know where the light source is.
I think this is a great image..really sets a mood for the space.
Thank you so much for your time !
Well the image is sold already and again, the client liked it so I'm already very happy with it. The only thing is when I submitted it to the client, he wanted these additional color lights in the foreground. Problem is again I had no time to re-render the scene... So I had to admit I wasn't sure to get a good result in post-pro
... THe client really didn't care and was already very pleased for I had very little time to do the image (24 hours : from Wednesday to Thursday...) BUT I really want to try the technique you're describing to make sure I can face such a request next time !So thanks for this even though I feared the solution would imply brushing and hence talent... which I lack...
I must say I was hoping for a more technical way to do it (Filter/effects/add nice lighting in the foreground...
).Thanks again !
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Is this what you had in mind? Just duplicate your original and use adjust color balance in the mid tones and shadows to red. Then erase through selected layers of the top layer with a soft brush.
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Roger: another good solution! And this could be done for multiple colors as well..
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